Zbex: Programs in files and in other Dmuse windows

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Two methods for executing zbex programs from files on the hard disk and from another editing window are described below. Click here for a description of typing and running a program in the current window.

Zbex program executed from a file in the current directory

Let's suppose that you create a file called "TEST.Z" in the current directory, and that this file holds the following two lines of code:

     putc Hello World 
     run 

If you then type "zz↵ Enter", and type "TEST.Z" at the "Program file?" prompt, you should see the following lines in your window (You may need to activate the zbex interpreter with Shft+KeyPad * first):

    zz 
    Current Library is <current directory> 
    Program file?  
    TEST.Z 
    ** S=2, P=8, L=231, M=410 ** 
    Hello World 
    Ready for program 

As before, the line with the numbers tells you that the program successfully compiled; the next line "Hello World" is the output from the program; and the "Ready for program" prompt tells you that the window is again waiting for you to give it the name of a program to run.

Zbex program executed from another windows

Suppose window 4 contains the following two lines:

     putc Hello World 
     run 

You can run this program from your current window by typing "*4" at the "Program file?" prompt. You will then see the following lines in the window:

    zz 
    Current Library is <current directory> 
    Program file?  
    *4    
    ** S=2, P=8, L=231, M=410 ** 
    Hello World 
    Ready for program

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